Korg PS60

Oct 1 2010 1:00AM
The look of Korg’s new PS60 is all business, not unlike their earlier M- and T-series keyboards or a Roland D-50. While Korg’s designs for the Radias, M3, and SV-1 are certainly more audacious, the PS60’s nononsense appearance More...

The Minimoog at 40 From the Dawn of the Synth Age to New Voyages

Oct 1 2010 1:00AM
Hot on the heels of the first moon landing, building on what had been a modestly successful business in electronic sound, a small team of engineers at the R.A. Moog company unwittingly set the course of the modern synthesizer. More...

M-Audio Venom

Apr 29 2011 1:00AM
One of the biggest announcements at this year’s NAMM show was the M-Audio Venom by Avid. Long known for audio interfaces, MIDI controllers, and studio monitors, Venom is the first bona fide hardware synthesizer in the M-Audio More...

Musikmesse 2011 Video Report by Craig Anderton

Apr 13 2011 12:00AM
You could call the yearly Musikmesse trade show the "NAMM of Europe," but it's about five times the size of NAMM, in a convention center consisting of Jetsons-like buildings interconnected by moving walkways--a city within the More...

Studiologic, Numa Piano

Mar 22 2011 1:00AM
By Tony OrantWe’ve all taken that last-minute sub gig where we’re going in blind and are expected to provide not just piano and electric piano but some other sonic flavor as well, and make it seem like we’ve been working with the More...

Yamaha CP 1, CP5, and CP50

Mar 22 2011 1:00AM
CP1  Yamaha’s CP designation first launched in the ’70s, on electronic stage pianos but more famously on the electro-acoustic CP60, CP70, and CP80, which used real strings and hammers but pickups in place of a soundboard. Though More...

Kawai MP10 and MP6

Mar 22 2011 1:00AM
The quest for the ultimate digital stage piano is obsessive and at times frustrating. We’re always in search for that magic combination of sound, feel, and portability, and if our wish list expands beyond acoustic piano sounds, More...

Roland RD-700NX

Mar 22 2011 1:00AM
The rear panel angle makes it easy to see the jack labels, even if you’re standing in front of the keyboard.  I was going to start this review by saying, “If I were out playing club gigs, I’d buy my RD-700NX review unit. I More...

Novation UltraNova in the Keyboard Test Kitchen

Mar 9 2011 9:00AM
We’ve got one of the first UltraNova synths in the country, and while working on the full review for the upcoming April issue, editor Stephen Fortner shot these hands-on videos in the Keyboard Test Kitchen. Does Novation’s new More...

Quick Looks - Keyboard Rigs at the Grammys

Feb 16 2011 10:00AM
More peeks backstage at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards! As we were being given the tech tour backstage, there were some places where it was okay to shoot video and some where it was not. We were allowed to grab this brief snippets More...

Vintage Video - Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea Promoting the Polymoog

Feb 10 2011 12:00AM
A friend at Roland turned us on to these YouTube videos of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea in early promotional films for the Polymoog synthesizer, which debuted in 1975. If the Sequential Prophet-5 gets credit for being the first More...

Church and Console Organs at NAMM 2011

Jan 25 2011 12:00AM
It's no secret that we at Keyboard tend to focus on instruments you'd put on a keyboard stand and play standing up in a band. But when we ran into classically trained organist and Halloween Carols creator Kristen Lawrence at this More...

Kurzweil PC3K8

Jan 1 2011 1:00AM
In my review of the original Kurzweil PC3 in December 2008, I praised its huge selection of gig-ready sounds, incredibly deep synthesis engine, and seamless melding of sample-based, virtual analog, and clonewheel (virtual B-3 More...

Advanced Keys For A Song

Dec 1 2010 1:00AM
The Latest Controller Keyboards from Avid, Behringer, Cakewalk, and Novation Not so long ago, keyboards designed mainly for controlling software were viewed as toys, or as stepping stones to more serious hardware More...

Casio Privia PX-3

Oct 1 2010 2:30PM
Here’s the review: The Privia PX-3 is the most insane value out there in a stage piano right now. Want acoustic and electric piano sounds that stand tall at any gig? Want solid non-piano sounds? Want splits and layers? Want 88 More...

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